THE IDLEWILD TRUST

Registered charity 268124 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Idlewild Trust is a grant making trust that supports registered charities concerned with the encouragement of the performing and fine arts and crafts, the advancement of education within the arts and the preservation for the benefit of the public of lands, buildings and other objects of beauty or historic interest in the United Kingdom.

Objects

1. ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MUSIC, DRAMA AND THE FINE ARTS. 2. PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF LANDS, BUILDINGS AND OTHER OBJECTS OF BEAUTY OR HISTORIC INTEREST.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£131k

Latest spending

£389k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £6,549,520 at year-end, having adopted a spend-out policy with the expectation that assets will be exhausted between 2035 and 2045. The trustees report that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and no material uncertainties were identified by the auditors regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: spend out until assets exhausted between 2035 and 2045 (reserves figure: £6.5m)

“The Trustees aim to distribute at a higher level until all the assets are spent which is expected to be sometime between 2035 and 2045, depending on the performance of financial markets.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RPG Crouch Chapman LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Nancy Bellchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr TESSA MURDOCH · trustee of 1 other charity
James Brooke Turner
Matthew Lewis Hargreaves
Rachael Williams · trustee of 2 other charities
Robert Ian Gowing
Serena Worthington

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£131k	£389k
31/12/2024	£140k	£352k
31/12/2023	£172k	£269k
31/12/2022	£160k	£254k
31/12/2021	£140k	£195k

Common questions

Is THE IDLEWILD TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £6,549,520 at year-end, having adopted a spend-out policy with the expectation that assets will be exhausted between 2035 and 2045. The trustees report that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and no material uncertainties were identified by the auditors regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by RPG Crouch Chapman LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£150k
BARNWOOD TRUST	1	£23k
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£7k
THE KNOLL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£230

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WYLDWOOD ARTS.

WYLDWOOD ARTS income £148k
THE UNDERWOOD TRUST income £12.4m
THE ADDLESHAW GODDARD CHARITABLE TRUST income £84k
HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED income £6.0m
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST income £341k
THE W A HANDLEY CHARITY TRUST income £370k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE IDLEWILD TRUST	£131k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WYLDWOOD ARTS FY2025	£148k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE UNDERWOOD TRUST FY2026	£12.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ADDLESHAW GODDARD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£84k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£6.0m	—	—	below	—	noted
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST FY2025	£341k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.